JPH11276077A - Depositor - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a depositor capable of miniaturizing the whole apparatus and readily cleaning the interior and suitable for diversified small-quantity production. SOLUTION: This depositor is obtained by composing a flow passage changeover machine of a square rodlike shutter 25 having two kinds of through-holes 25b and 25c different in routes and an actuator 26 capable of making the shutter 25 reciprocate and perform a linear motion in the depositor designed to feed two kinds of oily and fatty raw materials into a nozzle having passages formed on the inside and outside and squeeze out the raw materials through the respective passages while storing and discharging the raw materials with the flow passage changeover machine. When the raw materials are stored, raw material introduction passages 29 and 30 are made to communicate with cavities 22 and 23 with one 25c of through-holes of the shutter 25 and the raw material introduction passages 29 and 30 are shut off from the nozzle 39. When the raw materials are discharged, the cavities 22 and 23 are made to communicate with the nozzle 39 with the other through-hole 25b of the shutter 25 and the raw material introduction passages 29 and 30 are shut off from the cavities 22 and 23.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method of squeezing two kinds of oily raw materials such as chocolate and cream which are in a fluidized state by heating from a nozzle having a double structure, filling the inside of the container, The present invention relates to a deposit jitter for producing a confection made of a material different from the outside.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In general, a depositor is a device in which an oily raw material such as chocolate is heated into a paste, and the fluidized oily raw material is squeezed out from a nozzle. The squeezed oily raw material is received in a container having a predetermined shape and solidified to obtain a confectionery.

FIG. 8 is a sectional view showing a main part of the deposit jitter. The depositor 50 is an apparatus for producing a confectionery made of two kinds of oily raw materials having different inside and outside, for example, a confectionery on the outside and a cream on the inside. As shown in FIG.
Has a main body 51 in the center, and the main body 51 has
Raw material introduction paths 52 and 53 are formed downward from the upper surface, and flow path switching devices 54 and 55 are provided at lower ends of the raw material introduction paths 52 and 53. The channel switching device 5
Reference numerals 4 and 55 each include a cylindrical rotating portion and an actuator (not shown). The rotating portion includes one semi-lunar groove 54a, 55a and two tunnel-shaped holes 54 in the radial direction.
b, 54c, 55b, and 55c are provided, respectively.

[0004] Further, from the position of the flow path switching device 54 to the left,
The right and left cavities 56,
The pistons 58 and 59 are slidably fitted in the cavities 56 and 57. In addition, below the flow path switching devices 54 and 55, the flow path switching devices 54 and 55
The two raw material discharge passages 61 extend downward at the same interval as the holes 54b, 54c, 55b, 55c provided in
a, 61b, 62a, and 62b are provided, and the raw material discharge path 61b communicates with the inner passage 63a of the double-structured nozzle 63 attached to the lower part of the main body 51, and the raw material discharge path 62b communicates with the outer passage 63b of the nozzle 63. doing.

[0005] Also, two hoppers 6
4 and 65 are provided, and the material outlets of the hoppers 64 and 65 communicate with the material introduction paths 52 and 53 of the main body 51, respectively. Although four nozzles 63 are shown in the drawing, a large number of nozzles 63 are actually provided in parallel, and the cavities 52, 52 provided in the main body 51 are the same in number on the left and right as the number of nozzles. And the holes of the flow path switching device correspond to the number of nozzles 63. Reference numeral 66 in the figure denotes a hot water passage that heats the oily raw material in the raw material introduction passages 52 and 53 and the raw material discharge passages 61a and 61b and keeps it in a fluidized state.
Is a handle for attaching and detaching the nozzle assembly to and from the main body 51.

The method of using the depositor 50 is as follows. First, different oily raw materials are put in the hoppers 64 and 65, respectively, and the flow path switching device 55 is rotated to the position shown in FIG.
The raw material introduction path 53 and the cavity 57 are formed by the groove 55 a of the flow path switching device 55.
And the piston 59 is pulled in the direction of arrow S by an actuator (not shown). Then, the oleaginous raw material introduced from the inside of the raw material introduction path 53 to the groove 55 a of the flow path switching device 55 is sucked and stored in the cavity 57.
The other flow switching device 54 is also rotated in the same manner, and the piston 58 is pulled to store another oily raw material in the cavity 56.

Next, for convenience of explanation, a description will be given by changing the above-described flow path switching device 55 to a left-side flow path switching device 54. By rotating the flow path switching device 54 to the position shown in the figure, the cavity 5 is inserted through the two holes 54b and 54c of the flow path switching device 54.
6 and the material discharge passages 61a and 61b. Then, an actuator (not shown) is operated to push the piston 58 in the direction of arrow T. Thereby, the cavity 56
The oily raw material stored therein is squeezed out of the passage 63a inside the nozzle 63 to the outside through the hole 54b of the flow path switching device 54 and the raw material discharge passage 61b.

At the same time, the flow switching device 55 operates in the same manner, and the oily raw material stored in the cavity 57 is sent through the hole 55b of the flow switching device 55 to the raw material discharge path 62b. It is squeezed out of the passage 63b outside the nozzle 63 to the outside. As a result, an oily confectionery made of oily raw materials whose inside and outside are different from each other is produced. The squeezing amount is determined by changing the stroke of the piston.

In the above description, the path through which the oily raw material sent out to the raw material discharge paths 61a, 62a through the holes 54c, 55c of the flow path changers 54, 55 is not shown, but is not shown in the other nozzles 63. They are communicated and are squeezed out from the nozzle 63.

[0010]

However, in the case of the above-described deposit jitter, it is difficult to achieve the sealing accuracy of the flow path switching device, so that it is difficult to reduce the size and the size of the entire device becomes large.
When the type of confectionery to be manufactured is changed, the oil-based raw material is replaced.In this case, at the time of cleaning the inside, a work process of extracting the columnar rotating portion of the flow path switching device from the main body and cleaning it. It is complicated and not suitable for high-mix low-volume production.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a depositor which can reduce the size of the entire apparatus, can easily clean the inside of the apparatus, and is suitable for high-mix low-volume production.

[0012]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention employs the following means. The depositor according to the present invention supplies two kinds of oily raw materials which are in a fluidized state by heating through two raw material introduction paths, and supplies these raw materials by the operation of a piston synchronized with a flow path switching machine. Once sucked and stored in the respective cavities, the respective raw materials stored in the cavities are discharged again by the operation of the piston synchronized with the switching device, and are sent to the nozzles having the passages formed on the inside and the outside. In the depositor which is squeezed through the above, the flow path switching device is constituted by a square rod-shaped shutter having two types of through holes having different paths and an actuator for reciprocating the shutter linearly, and the movement of the shutter When the piston operates in the direction of sucking the raw material, the raw material introduction path and the cavity are communicated with each other through one through hole of the shutter. When the piston operates in a direction to discharge the raw material, the raw material introduction path and the nozzle are shut off, and the cavity and the nozzle are communicated with each other through the other through hole of the shutter, and the raw material introduction path and the hollow are shut off. It is characterized by having to do.

The present invention is constructed as described above.
When two kinds of oily raw materials are supplied through two raw material introduction paths, and the shutter is reciprocated by the actuator in synchronization with the reciprocating movement of the piston, the respective raw materials are temporarily stored in the cavity once, and then, It is sent out and squeezed out from the inside and outside of the nozzle, respectively. In this case, the shutter for switching the communication between the raw material introduction path and the cavity, or the communication between the cavity and the raw material discharge path is formed in a square rod shape that reciprocates linearly. As a result, the entire device can be reduced in size. In addition, when cleaning the inside, the step of removing and cleaning the shutter is facilitated, and it has become possible to cope with high-mix low-volume production.

[0014]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

The depositor comprises a filling unit 20 for squeezing oily raw materials from a nozzle into a container, and a conveying unit 1 for conveying the container.
00. FIGS. 1 and 2 show the filling section 20. FIG. 1 is a side view including a partial cross section, and FIG. 2 is a front view including a partial cross section.

As shown in the figure, the filling section 20 has a main body 21 at the center, and cavities 22 and 23 are formed in the main body 21 downward from the upper surface. Also,
At the lower ends of the cavities 22 and 23, there are provided voids 24 each having a quadrangular cross section in a direction perpendicular to the plane of FIG. 1 and a shutter 25 as one member of a flow path switching device. Is fitted. Shutter 25
As shown in FIG. 3, the sliding member 25a is formed of a rectangular rod-shaped sliding member 25a, and a large number of through holes 25 are formed in the sliding member 25a.
b, 25c are provided. One through hole 25b is
The sliding member 25a is formed vertically so as to pass from the upper surface to the lower surface, and the other through hole 25c is formed in the sliding member 25a.
Are formed in an L-shape so as to pass from the upper surface to the side surface, and these through holes 25b and 25c are arranged alternately. 3A is a plan view, and FIG. 3B is a side view.

The distal end of the shutter 24 is connected to an actuator (cylinder) 26 located on the side of the main body 21 as shown in FIG. It reciprocates linearly in the gap 24 in the horizontal direction in the figure.

As shown in FIG. 1, hoppers 27 and 28 are provided on both sides of the main body 21, respectively.
Different oily raw materials, for example, oily raw material A can be put in hopper 27 and oily raw material B can be put in hopper 28 for use. Raw material introduction paths 29 and 30 are provided between the left and right ends of the main body 21 to which the lower ends of the hoppers 27 and 28 are connected and the gap 24 into which the shutter 25 is fitted.

Above the main body 21, two cylinders 31, 32 are provided.
Pistons 35 and 36 are attached to 1 and 32 via couplings 33 and 34, respectively. As shown in FIG. 2, in this example, one coupling has nine pistons.
Since this is mounted, a total of 18 pistons are mounted.

The piston 35 is fitted in the cavity 22 provided downward from the upper surface of the main body 21, and the piston 36 is fitted in the cavity 23 provided downward from the upper surface of the main body 21. Have been.

A nozzle assembly 37 is attached to the lower surface of the main body 21. The nozzle assembly 37 is detachably attached to the main body 21 by operating a handle 38. The nozzle assembly 37 has a nozzle 39 at the lowermost portion, and the nozzle 39 is connected to the inner passage 3.
9a and an outside passage 39b. The inner passage 39a is a through hole having a circular cross section, and the outer passage 39b is a through hole having a circular cross section.

Further, the nozzle assembly 37 has raw material discharge passages 40 and 41 communicating the inner passage 39a of the nozzle 39 and the gap 24 of the main body 21, and communicates with the left gap 24 in FIG. This is the raw material discharge path 40,
A raw material discharge path 41 communicates with the oily raw material A and communicates with the right gap 24, and serves as a path for the oily raw material B.

Next, a transport section for transporting a container for filling the oily raw material will be described with reference to FIGS. 5 is a front view, FIG. 6 is a side view, and FIG. 7 is a plan view. As shown in the figure, the transport section 100 has a belt conveyor 102, which is rotationally driven by a step motor 101, on the upper surface, and transports a container on which the raw material is loaded on the belt conveyor 102. An actuator (cylinder) 103 is provided at the lower center of the transport unit 100.
Numeral 3 is connected to the support legs 42 of the filling section 20 disposed above the transport section 100, and the charging section 20 moves closer to or away from the transport section 100 by the operation of the actuator 103. That is, the configuration is such that the nozzle 39 of the filling unit 20 comes into contact with and separates from the container placed and transported on the belt conveyor 102 of the transport unit 100.

A reference numeral 110 in FIG. 6 denotes a control unit which has a built-in computer and a liquid crystal touch panel. By operating the liquid crystal touch panel, the filling amount and the speed of the belt conveyor can be easily set. The product manufacturing process can be stored.

Next, the actual operation of squeezing the oily raw materials A and B from the nozzle 39 and filling the containers will be described. First, for example, hoppers 27 and 28 provided on both sides of the main body 21 of the depositor filling section 20 are provided with hoppers 27 and 28, respectively.
Is filled with ganache cream A and the hopper 28 with chocolate B as a raw material. And the nozzle 39
Below, as shown in FIG. 4A, a container 45 is arranged.

The actuator 26 is operated to slide the shutter 25 so that the position of the through hole 25c of the shutter 25 allows the raw material introduction path 29 and the cavity 22 of the main body 21 to communicate with each other through the through hole 25c, and the raw material is introduced. The passage 30 and the cavity 23 of the main body 21 are also communicated with each other. Subsequently, the actuators 31 and 32 are operated to pull out the pistons 35 and 36 fitted in the cavities 22 and 23 by a predetermined amount. Thereby, a predetermined amount of ganache cream A is sucked and stored in the cavity 22, and a predetermined amount of chocolate B
Is stored by suction.

Next, the actuator 10 of the transport section 100
3 is actuated to lower the filling section 20 so that the tip of the nozzle 39 is immersed in the container 45 as shown in FIG. Subsequently, the actuator 26 for driving the shutter 25 of the filling unit 20 is operated, and the through hole 25 of the shutter 25 is operated.
The position b is such that the cavity 22 of the main body 21 communicates with the raw material discharge path 40 of the nozzle assembly 37 via the through hole 25b, and the hollow 23 of the main body 21 communicates with the raw material discharge path 41 of the nozzle assembly 37. , A shutter 25 is arranged.

Subsequently, the actuator 3 of the filling section 20
Activate 1, 32 and lower pistons 35, 36. Ganache cream A and chocolate B stored in the cavities 22, 23 by the pistons 35, 36 are:
The cavities 22, 23 → the through holes 25b of the shutter 25 → the material discharge paths 40, 41 of the nozzle assembly 37 → the nozzle 39
As shown in FIG. 4C, the liquid is squeezed out into the container 45 through a path of the inner passage 39a and the outer passage 39b.

When the squeezing is completed and the ganache cream A and chocolate B are filled in the container 45,
The actuator 103 of the transfer unit 100 is operated to push the filling unit 20 upward, and the position of the nozzle 39 is set as shown in FIG.
The position shown in FIG. Then, the conveyor belt 102 of the transport unit 100 rotates, and the next container 45 is
9 and are repeated sequentially. The confectionery 46 filled in the container 45 solidifies as chocolate on the outside (shell side) and ganache cream on the inside (center side). In addition, since the container 45 can be disassembled into the lid 45a and the main body 45 when the confectionery 46 is taken out, the confectionery 46 can be taken out by removing the lid 45a.

In order to change the type of confectionery to be manufactured, it is necessary to wash the confectionery, since the confectionery raw material changes. With this depositor, the shutter 25 can be removed, the nozzle assembly 37 can be removed with a single touch, and the cleaning of these parts and the cavities 22 and 23 of the main body 21 and the material introduction paths 29 and 30 can be easily performed. .

[0031]

As described above, according to the present invention,
A flow path switcher that switches between the raw material introduction path and the cavity that temporarily stores the raw material or the communication between the hollow and the raw material discharge path is configured by a square rod-shaped shutter and an actuator that moves the shutter back and forth linearly. Therefore, even if the shutter is made smaller, the sealing accuracy can be improved, and the entire apparatus can be made smaller. Also, when cleaning the inside,
The shutter removal and cleaning process becomes easy, and it is possible to cope with high-mix low-volume production.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view showing one embodiment of a depositor filling portion according to the present invention, including a partial cross section.

FIG. 2 is a front view similarly including a partial cross section.

FIG. 3A is a plan view of a shutter, and FIG. 3B is a side view.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a state in which a raw material is filled in a container.

FIG. 5 is a front view of the depositor.

FIG. 6 is a side view of deposit jitter.

FIG. 7 is a plan view of a transporter for deposit jitter.

FIG. 8 is a partial cross-sectional view of a conventional deposit jitter.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 20 filling portion 21 main body 22, 23 cavity 25 shutter 25b through hole 25c through hole 26 actuator (cylinder) 27, 28 hopper 29, 30 material introduction path 35, 36 piston 37 nozzle assembly 38 handle 39 nozzle 39a inner passage 39b outer passage 40 , 41 raw material discharge path 45 container 100 transport section

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. Two kinds of oily raw materials which are in a fluidized state by heating are respectively supplied through two raw material introduction paths, and these raw materials are temporarily supplied by the operation of a piston synchronized with a flow path switching machine. The material is sucked and stored in the cavity, and the respective raw materials stored in the cavity are discharged by the operation of the piston synchronized with the switching device again, and are sent to the nozzles having the passages formed on the inside and the outside, and are passed through the respective passages. In the deposit jitter that is made to squeeze out, the flow path switching device is configured by a square rod-shaped shutter having two types of through holes having different paths and an actuator that reciprocates the shutter linearly, and by moving the shutter,
When the piston operates in the direction to suck the raw material,
When the raw material introduction path and the cavity communicate with each other through one through hole of the shutter, the raw material introduction path and the nozzle are shut off, and when the piston operates in a direction to discharge the raw material, the cavity and the nozzle are connected to each other. Characterized in that the first through hole communicates with the other through hole of the shutter and the raw material introduction path and the cavity are shut off.